Pickpocket-detector.



M. WALD.

PIGKPOGKET DETECTOR.

urmonxon FILED 001'. e, 1909.

Patented Jan;18,191 0.

WITNESSES ATTOR/VE Y8 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAX WALD, "on NEW'YOBK, N. Y.

PICKPOCKET-DETECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patente Jan. 18,1910.

Application filed October 6, 1909. Serial No. 521,232. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX WALD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan,

in the county and State of New York, have contents of the pocket and detecting the intrusion of a pick-pockets hand therein.

An object of this invention is to provide a device which will be simple and deceptive in construction, strong and durable, and composed of the least material consistent with a practical device.

Another object of this invention isto provide a device having a deep receptacle with means for locking the opening to the same, and a shallow receptacle with means for de oeiving a pickpocket.

These and further-objects, together with the construction and combination of parts,- will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speci fication, in which similar characters of refer'- ence indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure l is a side view in elevation, part being broken away to show the underlying elements, showing my device as constructed in a left-hand trousers pocket. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on the line 33 of Fig. 1, showing the true pocket closed and locked; and Fig. 4 is a horizontal cross section on the line 38 of Fig. 1, showing the true pocket open and unlocked.

Referring more particularly to the separate parts of the device, 1 indicates the outer fabric of the body portion of the garment. There is provided in this fabric a pocket opening 2, which may be formed therein in any sultable manner. Secured to the body of the garment in any suitable manner, as by ineans of stitching, in juxtaposition to the opening 2, there is provided a pocket 3, which is formed in any suitable manner, as by means of a double fold of suitable material stitched along the open edges thereof,

and which is faced by suitable facing strips 4: and" 5 adjacent to the opening 2. In order to divide the pocket into. a'true pocket and a false or detecting blind pocket, there, is

provided a partition or wall 6, which is seture-12 formed out of the body of the thickness 11 andextending longitudinally of the pocket 9. The'purpose of this plicature 12 is to deceive a pickpocket and makehim think, when he inserts his hand in the blind or false pocket 9, that the pocket is merely turned over, thus encouraging him to proceed farther.

In order to securely lock and close, the true pocket 8, there is provided a plurality of male fasteners 12 on the inner fold of the pocket 3, and a plurality of. coacting female fasteners 13 on the partition or wall 6. These coacting fasteners 12 and 13 are of the snap-catch variety, and are readily locked together by a slight pressure.

In the operation of the device, the owner places his articles in the pocket 8 and closes the opening of the same by means ofthe snap fastener members 12 and 13. leaves the true pocket 8 closed with the arti cles therein, and the shallow false or blind pocket 9 0 en in alinement with the opening 2. Now, if it should occur that a pickpocket should desire to rob the owner of this device, if he operates quickly and thrusts his hand suddenly through the opening 2, his

hand will come in contact with the sewed-up edge ofthe shallow blind pocket 9, giving a sudden jerk thereto, warning the owner that he is being robbed. On the other hand, if thepickpocket should be one of the slow This and methodical kind, as he gradually inserts his hand, it will come in contact with the plait or plicature 12, thus receiving the inipre'ssion that the pocketis merely turned over, as quite often occurs in the ordinary pocket, and he will endeavor to straighten I out the pocket gradually by inserting his hand farther. This movement will cause his hand to come in contact with the side or bot tom of the shallow pocket 9, again warning the owner that he is being tampered with.

There is thus formed a simple and eflicient device, which will protect articles in a persons pocket from being stolen and at the same time form an efficient detector for warning the owner that he is being robbed.

WVhile I have shown the device in connection with a side pocket of a pair of trousers, this pocket may be attached to any other part of the same or other garment.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a garment, of a relatively deep true pocket and a relatively shallow false pocket, said garment having an open ing therein leading to said pockets, snapcatches for locking said true pocket closed, and a longitudinal deceptive plicature in said shallow pocket.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a garment having a pocket opening therein, of a pocket secured adjacent to said opening and formed of a strip of material folded to form outer and inner layers, and a partition permanently secured to said outer layer and adapted to be removably secured to said inner layer, said partition having a longitudinal deceptive plicature formed therein and extending tovard said outer layer.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MAX WALD.

Vitnesses HORATIO \Vnrrmo, PHlLIP D. RoLLI-rAUs. 

